North East
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News
11-Year-Old Hangs Self in Maiduguri, Sparks Talks on Children’s Mental Health
A tragic event shook a compound on Polo Road in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital in northeastern Nigeria, this weekend…
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Image Shows Missing Nigerian General in ISWAP Captivity
The Nigerian Army’s statement that Brigadier General M Uba, the Brigade Commander 25 Task Force Brigade “successfully led troops back…
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Features
Taraba Communities Are Choosing Words Over Weapons
The echoes of gunfire still haunt Abdullahi Wakili. What he remembers most, however, is the silence that followed — the…
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Features
Shrinking Water Sources Stir Farmer-Herder Tensions in Adamawa Community
Bello Gambur dreads going to the stream before 2 p.m. Every morning, he leaves home with a herd of over…
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Human Rights
What Happened to Gallari’s 42 Men After 12 Years in Military Detention?
Before his arrest 12 years ago, Ahmadu Gujja was a strong man in his mid-20s and his family’s breadwinner. Life…
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Featured
Inside Nigeria’s Criminal Rosewood Economy
The cold bites harder at night. Nathaniel Bitrus* feels it on his face as the motorcycle roars along the dirt…
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Analyses
As Nigeria’s Forests Fall in the South, the Deserts Advance in the North
We want to tell a single story but follow three separate crises. One began deep in Cross River National Park,…
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Featured
Floods Push Families from Their Homes in the Benue River Valley to the Streets
Under the scorching sun, away from their makeshift tent of thatch, bamboo, and a tarpaulin sheet used as roofing, Pwanabeshi…
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Features
Boko Haram Displaces Over 10 Borno Villages in One Month
Modu Bintumi was sleeping peacefully with his wife and eight children that Tuesday when, just before dawn, they were jolted…
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Features
Her Missing Son Returns In Her Dreams
When Ruth Adamu finds her son, Hikame, he is in school. She walks down its corridors to find him, takes…
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